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Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000 and almost always he focused on the young generation problems, being the successful A Sailor suit and a Machine-gun (1981) and Typhoon Club (1985) as the best examples of that.
Shinji Sômai was born on 13 January 1948 in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Typhoon Club (1985), Ah haru (1998) and Moving (1993). He died on 9 September 2001 in Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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- Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
Apr 28, 2023 · Globus Series Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai. April 28—May 13, 2023. Widely lauded in his native Japan, director Shinji Somai (1948-2001) remains largely unrecognized in the West.
Shinji Sōmai (相米慎二, Sōmai Shinji?), né le 13 janvier 1948 à Morioka et mort le 9 septembre 2001 à Isehara, est un réalisateur japonais.
- 9 septembre 2001 (à 53 ans)Isehara ( Japon)
- Japonais
- 13 janvier 1948Morioka ( Japon)
- Réalisateur
In 1958, the most successful year in Japanese film history, the 10-year-old Sugita Jiro (Sōmai Shinji is a pseudonym) was intrigued by Uchida Tomu’s crew shooting The Outsiders, a film on the difficulties of preserving the culture of the Ainu, an oppressed indigenous people of Hokkaido.
Dec 13, 2021 · A beginner’s path through the long takes and coming-of-age narratives of a major Japanese filmmaker who deserves to be much better known in the west: Shinji Somai.
Sep 9, 2001 · Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, and was brought up in Hokkaido. Somai began his career in 1975 as an assistant director with Nikkatsu Co., one of Japan's leading film production companies, after he dropped out of Chuo ...
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